Archives for August 5, 2016

There is something cozy and fun about an outdoor sauna building.
Steps out one's back door sits a separate structure just waiting to help in one's quest for health and wellness. A retreat. A small building where inside, chilling out in the changing room, we are only a couple steps from everything we need: a hook for our towel, the table for our drink and the cribbage board, and the handle for re-entering the hot room when it's time.
This vibe of small, functional, and simplistic is much akin to the Tiny House Movement.
Jeff Hill and I discovered this 20 years ago. I built my 12'x16' sauna guest cabin with multi function in mind. We called it the "insta-cabin". Back then, we didn't know what a tiny house was. We're not sure there was even a tiny house 20 years ago. But Jeff and I understood the value of simplicity. Less space offering more relaxation and a comfy vibe.
And today, Jeff has propelled these principles with a new concept in Northern … [Read more...]

Time to build your own sauna?

I wrote my "build your own sauna" book for you.
I'm not a professional builder.
But I've built a bunch of authentic saunas.
And I know how to build saunas.
And I love helping others realize their own AUTHENTIC sauna dreams.
For a $20.00 USD donation, I will send you my ebook.
I took careful note of many of the details, shortcuts, and special tricks about building a sauna. … READ MORE